ENG: Robert Patrick "Bob" Casey, Jr. (born April 13, 1960) is the junior United States Senator from Pennsylvania and a member of the Democratic Party. When Arlen Specter's term expires in January 2011, Casey will become the senior senator from Pennsylvania. He defeated two-term Republican incumbent Rick Santorum in the 2006 U.S. Senate election. He is the first Democrat elected to a full term in the U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania since 1962.
Before his election to the U.S. Senate, Casey served as Pennsylvania Treasurer from 2005 to 2006. He previously served as Pennsylvania Auditor General from 1997 to 2005. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania in the 2002 gubernatorial election.
Casey, the son of former Governor Bob Casey, Sr., is a native of Scranton, and a ...

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey blames the ongoing economic slump rather than health care reform for Democrats' disastrous election showing last Tuesday, strongly opposes repealing reform and promises to focus with Republican Sen.-elect Pat Toomey on creating jobs.
"If both parties stay focused on that, I think we can make progress," Mr. Casey said in an interview with The Times-Tribune.
The 50-year-old Democratic senator from Scranton said repealing reform would be "absolutely a bad idea."
He predicted the desire for repeal will ebb as more of the law goes into effect. ...

WASHINGTON - On a gray afternoon Thursday, Sen. Bob Casey attended yet another Arlington National Cemetery interment for a Pennsylvania soldier, killed while searching for homemade bombs in Afghanistan.
The death of Army Spec. Dale J. Kridlo of Hughestown, Luzerne County, came only days before another area soldier, Spec. Anthony Vargos of Reading, was killed by an improvised explosive device, or IED.
IEDs are the chief killer of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, and Casey has targeted the primary explosive ingredient behind them - ammonium nitrate, which has legitimate uses but more ...

Coming off Republican Pat Toomey's Senate win, Pennsylvania Republicans are fired up and already discussing how they can unseat first term Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) in 2012.
The problem for Republicans, though, is the dearth of potential top tier challengers to run against Casey. In picking up a whopping five seats in the House this year, the Pennsylvania GOP is dealing with the reality that it cleared its bench in 2010. It is unlikely that a freshman representative turns around and launches a Senate campaign.
"The 'A Team' all got elected two weeks ago," said Pennsylvania Republican ...